The European Approach where do we stand one year after Yerevan?

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1 European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education The European Approach where do we stand one year after Yerevan? DAAD conference Internationalization and Quality Assurance in HE Berlin, 1 July 2016 Colin Tück

2 Background Approaches and pilots for single reviews (e.g. JOQAR) Working, but complex Need to accommodate different national criteria Not always quality-related, but often structural Sometimes contradictory (e.g. # of ECTS Master thesis) Make sense nationally, but difficult to understand for foreign peers Consequence: fragmented reviews often the easiest solution Aim Ease accreditation of joint programmes Enable single reviews, reflect the joint character also in QA

3 Approach The idea: agreed and consistent European framework Standards for quality assurance of joint programmes Procedure for quality assurance of joint programmes No additional national criteria Adopted by EHEA ministers in Yerevan (May 2015) Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA (ESG) Criteria for registration European Quality Assurance Register for HE (EQAR) Referred in standard 1.2 Applied by EQAR-reg. Agencies Qualifications Framework of the EHEA (QF EHEA) Based on ESG & QF European Approach for QA of Joint Programmes

4 Application European Approach, based on ESG & QF-EHEA, and Bucharest Communiqué ( recognise QA decisions of EQAR-registered agencies on joint and double degree programmes ) Cooperating HEIs need programme accreditation/eval. Cooperating HEIs are self-accrediting for programmes, i.e. accredited/ evaluated/audited at institutional level Single accreditation/eval. of JP, based on agreed Standards & Procedure, by any EQAR-reg. agency Joint internal QA review of the JP (in line with ESG), may use agreed Standards, external review takes account of HEIs' internal Recognised to fulfil QA requirements in all countries involved

5 In a nutshell Before After Multiple, fragmented reviews Single review Combining various national rules and criteria Agreed Standards, based on ESG & QF-EHEA Complex procedures, ad hoc design Agreed Procedure

6 National Implementation Scenarios: 1)External QA at the level of individual programmes legal changes required (usually) 2)External QA at institutional level in the autonomy of HE institutions (usually) Clusters: Scenario 1: 34 countries (AD, AL, AM, AZ, BG, BY, CY, CZ, EE, ES, FR, GE, GR, HR, HU, IS, IT, KZ, LI, LT, LU, LV, MD, ME, MK, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, SE, SI, SK, UA) Scenario 2: 6 countries (BA, CH, FI, MT, VA, UK) Mixed: 7 countries (AT, BE, DE, DK, IE, NL, NO) No obligatory EQA: 1 country (TR)

Availability of the European Approach Available to all higher education institutions (either through recognition of single external quality assurance procedure for

7 Availability of the European Approach Available to all higher education institutions (either through recognition of single external quality assurance procedure for programmes or by virtue of HEIs being self-accrediting) Available to some higher education institutions or only under specific conditions Discussions ongoing Not available

8 Slow implementation? Possible reasons: Hesitation to lift national rules or monopoly Too small of a matter for change of law On wait list until next bigger change/reform Lack of pressure from HE institutions Lack of urgency But: which Bologna reform was implemented within a year?

9 Use in practice Keen interest expressed by HE institutions But very few practical examples yet Why? HEIs and QAAs depend on national rules Number of JP is not huge Re-accreditation following existing solution? Who wants to be first?

10 EQAR activities Information on European Approach Page Information on national implementation Frequent questions to follow Possibly: list of programmes reviewed Transparency where European Approach is used Ongoing discussion with EHEA governments Topic in BFUG WG2 Implementation Contribute to monitoring/stocktaking (in BFUG)

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European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes

European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes Seminar on Joint Degrees, 11 July 2014, Zagreb Colin Tück 1. Current